You asked for it, so here it is...My Dr. Suess poem.
The Exumbulous Life of Dr. Suess
It was a supermilious, credileous, wonderful day, in 1904 a baby came our way. His name was Theodor Geisel; he drank lots of juice, and when he grew older, he became Dr. Suess. Massachusetts is where he would call home, but to Dartmouth and Oxford as a student he would roam.
Drawing cartoons was the way he made his living, from ’27 to ’37 through Christmas and Thanksgiving. Then in 1937 a change his life took, he published his first Dr. Suess book. And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street, was a hit, a success, a new reader’s treat! Followed soon by The King’s Stilts and Horton Hatches an Egg, “please write more!” the children would all beg. Then the world went to war, it certainly was not groovy. Dr. Suess spent his time making important war movies.
But in 1947 there was no more war, and Dr. Suess went back to writing the books we adore. Horton Hears a Who, The Cat in the Hat, over forty more books, can you imagine that? How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Green Eggs and Ham, even teaching ecology with the Lorax’s plan.
Prizes were given all through his life, for the works he created through good times and strife. Design for Death, a war documentary, won an Oscar because it was exemplary. For creating Gerald McBoing Boing another Oscar was won, but this time the story was a lot more fun. He also was given a special Pulitzer Prize, for the way his books taught us and changed our lives.
He did not forget children come in all ages, and as he grew older so did his pages. His last books were written for oldsters I know, You’re Only Old Once and Oh, the Places You’ll Go. They were greeted with the same excitement and zest. No matter what your age, Dr. Suess was the best.
But now the Cat in the Hat, Horton and the Whos, the Lorax, the Grinch, the me’s and the you’s; are all so sad that we sing the blues. Because in 1991 we lost Dr. Suess. But, he’s really not gone, quite to the contrary. You can find Dr. Suess at your local library!
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